Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 1 day agoThey accepted, and continue to accept a great amount of money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
It’s interesting how any false narrative starts with a granule of truth.
Kurzgesagt was indeed provided $570,000 in 2015. That money was paid out across the following four years.
They have not continued to accept any amount of money from the Gates foundation.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
you basically confirmed the narrative isn’t false.
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Sorry, I didn’t think the word ‘continued’ would have needed underlining for anyone that could read what I wrote.
Using a piece of factual information to prop up false information within the same sentence is how false narratives take hold.